Author: Liz Baessler
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‘Search Party’ Season 4 Goes Back to Its Missing Person Roots
The new season delivers the show’s original premise with a twist: this time everything’s real.
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The 20 Best TV Episodes of 2020
The year’s finest episodes helped us find peace and acceptance, even when we thought we couldn’t.
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‘His Dark Materials’ Just Might Find Its Soul Yet
While the second season is far from perfect, it’s miles more accessible and spirited than the first.
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‘Truth Seekers’ is Scarily Underwhelming
The Nick Frost-led horror-comedy series has lots of potential but not much substance.
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‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Makes Chess Exciting Again
The Netflix miniseries is fashionable, cerebral, and possibly the most fun you can have watching chess.
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‘Soulmates’ is a High-Concept Anthology Series That Could Use a Little More Concept
The new AMC series has some great performances, but its what-if scenario gets old fast.
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‘Ratched’ is a Stylish, Bloody, Contradictory Mess
The Netflix original is barely consistent with itself, much less the novel it’s based on.
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Netflix’s ‘Away’ is an Exciting Space Expedition Weighed Down by Earth Drama
Hilary Swank’s mission to Mars dwells more than it should on what she left behind.
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‘Hitmen’ is a Buddy Comedy with a Bloody Twist
The murder-for-hire series treads some familiar territory but gives its stars room to play off each other.
